To maintain the Golden Hawk’s standing as one of the hotter cars on the road, in 1957 Studebaker added a McCulloch supercharger to the 289 cubic-inch V8. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Short Truck, Long Story: the 1964-70 Dodge A100 Compact Pickup
The stubby Dodge A100 Compact Pickup might be almost forgotten today, if not for a couple of modified versions that became world famous. Continue reading
Tomorrow Meets Today: A 1951 Ford Film
See the state of the art in automotive design, engineering, and manufacturing in the early 1950s in this excellent Ford Motor Company film. Continue reading
1958: Buick’s Truly Horrible, Awful Year
Buick climbed up to third place among the Motor City carmakers in 1955, only to see its sales tumble 67 percent by 1958 when the economy took a downward turn. Continue reading
Power For Decades: The Plymouth/Dodge Flathead Six
With little fanfare, Chrysler’s trusty L-head six faithfully served millions of Plymouth and Dodge owners from 1933 to 1959. Continue reading
Hudson’s Hot Rod: The 1933 Essex Terraplane 8
Decades before the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, there was another potent factory hot rod in the company’s product line: the 1933 Essex Terraplane 8. Continue reading
The End of Wide and Small: 1980 AMC Pacer
Trumpeted as small but wide, the Pacer from American Motors was certainly one of the more unusual American cars of the ’70s, but the wide/small trend failed to stick. Continue reading